Archived: January 10, 2008 Hello! adCenter API Version 5 and Version 4 contain significant differences between the campaign management entities. For example, adCenter API Version 5 contains the AdGroup and Keyword classes, while the corresponding classes in adCenter API Version 4 are AdCenterOrder and AdCenterOrderItem. Learn more about the campaign management entities and differences between Version 5 and…

Archived: November 28, 2007 The Microsoft adCenter API will soon upgrade to Version 5 Web Services Description Language (WSDL) to improve efficiency, performance, and functionality. Some of the new features include streamlined campaign updates, improved error handling, new report options, and more. Preliminary documentation for the V5 release is now available on MSDN. This…

Archived: September 18, 2007 Q: When I run a performance report I see multiple entries for the same keyword and match type. Why is this happening? A: In order to be able to return reports for big amounts of data in the shortest possible time, it’s possible that the data returned in a report…

Archived: August 23, 2007 Hello, The IDs used for country and metro area targeting are now published on MSDN, at Microsoft adCenter API Country/Region IDs. For more information about geographical targeting, see Targeting Countries or Metro Areas. Thank you. Walter PouporeLead Programming WriterMicrosoft adCenter

Archived: April 13, 2007 Fiddler2 is a useful tool for debugging and capturing HTTP and HTTPS SOAP headers when making web service calls. Sometimes web service calls fail because the SOAP header was formed improperly. Each SOAP/XML tag is case sensitive, for example. You can download Fiddler2 from here: http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/ There is one trick…

Archived: January 26, 2007 Hello, Do you want more information about the Microsoft adCenter editorial guidelines such as: Character limits Content restrictions Ad relevance Grammar and punctuation Trademarks Technical requirements for URLs and landing pages If so, check out the adCenter Help topic, Microsoft adCenter Editorial Guidelines. You can get related information at Style and Grammar…